Multigraphic apparatus.



H. HESS.

MULTIGRAPHIC APPARATUS.

APPLlc/mon FILED JUN: 12. 190s.

1,149,261 Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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H. HESS.

NIULTIGRAPHIC APPARATUS.

APPLxcATloN FILED JUNE 12. 1908.

Patented Auf. 10, 1915.

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Be lit lmoivn jthat'I, HENRY, Hess, a citizen of the United States, residing; atVVaWa, in the countyof Delaware and,v State `of-Penn- Sylvania,` have l invented' [certain new and useful Improvements in Multigraphic Apparatus, ofwhich the following isa-speciication, reference beingjhad therein tothe accompanyingdrawing.' `-1 f f My invention relatesto multigraphic or "other duplicating apparatus andy more partucularly to that class thereofvdesigned to Vproduce a considerable numberfof facsimile `printsfas `ordinarily employed for circular` or. general purposes.-y Customarily, 'in' kthe use of such apparatus thebodyf or main por- 4'tion of theletter is 'lirst made andthe indi- ".vidualpart subsequently addedQfThis or- Ydinarilyconsists ofthe address, but in many instances blanks arealso leftto be filled in with dates', numbers,"1or otherspecic data.,

` Such' additions are usually made With anordinar-y 'typewriting machine;y but it` is often difficult `to obtain ktherefrom the eiiectfof uniformity whichy is regarded as desirable and moreover the second'operation-'involves not only this object-ion butalSoeXPenSe and loss ofitime; f

It is thepurpose ofmyinventiontof'obviyate these difficultiesy andk to permit the Writ-f' ing of the additional data, such as the kaddress,`etc., at the same time ff rWith thef'body ofthe letter. f l

.':Tofthis endk it consists broadlyin the provision of two n distinct impression f `mecha-r :nislns arranged to vprint concurrently upon rthe Samesheet. :Theseimpression mecha-f- -nisms'xarefzsuitably connected softhat one is intermittingly actuated during the "operation of theiother. Thus While the main device ,iscompletely,actuatedso as to print from its entire impressiony surface, vthe other or auxiliarydevice isoperatedonly partially wiso as to print -from a selected yportion of its impression surface. 1X ,L n

It Willrbeobvious that my.l invention'may y n Abe appliedininany diiferent formswithout departing from its spirit. For thepurpo'ses viof .illustration :merely I have shown it 7as embodied jin a iWell known type of `multi- ;graphic apparatus now iny commercial use, y'but it/isnot myy intention'thereby1 `toy limit ,its broadsrand moregeneal-pplctm i i MULTIGRAPHIC errami'rus.

y 'n `iSipes'iilvcation of Letterswlatent. Paten Application' inea-111711612, 1908." ysalerno. 438,152.

i f Referring tothedraiving's: Figure lisa plan; view, partly broken away, of "multi-- teaaug. io, 19115.l

graphic `apparat-us'with my invention ap- A'plied:theretofFig. 2 is afvertical sectional 'view thereof taken substantially on "the line 2 2 injligflf, and Fig. 3 isaA sectional detail View;

desired or approved construction. Suitably 'munted thereinis the' shaftk M carrying the main impression device or cylinder E Which i'sfoperatedrby the handle or crank arm sm1 attachedt the shaft-M. The .drum or fcyl- 'inder E isiprovdedk` with longitudinal *groovesor`ehannels-e, e, (seeFig. 3), Which receive and yhold the type o, o. -Then the y 'type y for thekk body of'thefletter have been composedY or set-up in thechannels, therib- 9 bon? E1',i`carriedby the spools el, el', is Wound ralooutr the periphery vof the drum andover the faces ofthe type.y The sheet to be printed is 'then placed in position, and as the druin fis given a complete rotation by the "Y vhandle m1, it is carried between the type and ribbon thereon 'and the platen or cylinder i VK and printedin the ordinary manner. The

apparatus isfalso provided with a supply :clrumf-Bjmounted upon a shaft'Bl. drumy 'B has the groovesr or channedsl), Z9,

and constitutes the magazine or storageele-y i y ment wherein the typen, c, are normallyy k n about -the shaft-Bltofbring it into proper 'contained; `The drumyis capable of rotation relation ivith the channels of drum E so that the type may be composed or distributedin theordinary manner.

All of `fthe parts thus far specifically de- Yscribed*are old yin fth'e art and yconstitute no partof my"invention.y

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This "f I have'shown myauXiliary printing mechanism,"such as would be employed for additional dataaddresses, and the like, in the form -ofja drum G, ylocated at the rear yof drum E,v

fand provided With siinilarchannels g, g, `fspools e?, e2,.an`d ribbon VE?, and a similar 'platenKlfThe drum Gris 'mounted upon andffoperatedffby the shaft H Which is loner, as by the bracketHl. `Asa considerable L number of 'addresses orsimilardata can be placediuponthe periphery of druiniGyit is obvious that it need be operated'only for a portion of `its1circuinference at eachcoinl f f 15p y y The iframe lorfsupporti may be of any ioo catedfuponthe framefAin'any suitable manf Fast to shaft M is the gear m Ywhich meshes into gear 2 upon the short shatIVv mounted in bracketV It on frame AT1y Also connected to sha-ttl isithe gear-provided with teeth l throughout only afportion-o its periphery and located inposition to Aene( Vgage and actuate gear -on shaft H. '"It will thus -be seenfthat at each eompletelroffurther pass through and between the drum .Gand ytheplaten K1, thereby adding the address korf-other data thereto; and` that. in ,this manner the letter or similar matter-isfcompleted by a single operation offthe apl paratus.

.Inforder to;` permit ready assemblage orV distribution.of-thegtype in connec* tion with drum Gylhave arranged the supvply drum ,Bl so that it mayl bebrought into Iproperf relationf therewith-p'l`his VI accomf v. plishi by mounting the shaftalvrlfin' the frame Dewhich is radially, movable about the supportingpivotrD :InifF ig. lthedrum B is 30,

shown by'. full Ilines inoperative relation. to thedrum E, butfby vtheh'pivotalv mounting described itmay-"be thrownoveruntil the theportion'a of th'e Aframe A, and the drum andl shaift B1' oeeupy theirdotted-line 'positions, when `thevdruin B will be insimilar operative relation''to'theV drum Q To` se-y cure the parts iirmly inthese two positions I' ,I locate upon the frame A, a spring-pressed llooking;plunger'- Z-which engages with tproperly located notches 'cZ1,j-cZ1, formed in` the 'pivotal framell y I 7 Asshown-in the .drawings,` the auxiliary VdrumV Gr' is of considerablyfless widthfthan r--the drumlE." Thisdimension'will, however,

depend entirely f on thejeharacter of theldata ftof bei carried thereby.v The -drum G isfalso shown Vas detachably securedfto'the'slaft 'f niean's of the catchr gr?, Connected to theV hubglof the drum.A Th'effcfatch g2 isV adapted to engage anyone oflafseries of holding ,noteljiesY-LI,`, ormedfon the shaftH, andin `rthis?manner thedruingrmay be adjustedto any; desired; position thereon or instance, as illustrated in Fig.- y1, -thedrum isin its Qassemblingor distributing position If it beveinployed t'o'-fprintaddressea it `would occupythe dotted-line position therein.y And further, 'the feature; 'of vdetachability permits .the substitution off anyfn-umberf'of'similar drums containing differentaddre'sses or other data,thereby materially increasing vthe cai lpacity-oiz'the' apparatus'. Other and similar f variations -will readily suggestjethemselves.

Thus, l insteadof-pa'drum may employ al 'derstepfby'stepf;VL l Y 271. In a multigraphicgapparatus:for print- Vi-ng-letters, vthegcoinbination ot'va flat :sup-5 porti-ngbed'glto ysustain 'the letter sheets, v a v main? printing lcylinder,y thereon y,provided with 'Sa.printing`form adapted'byiits complete rotationstoprintthe bodies of the let- V ters in succession with blank Espace lettto' .be filled inad toadva-ncefs'aid sheets along ythe bed, an auXili'aryprinting cylinder are `ranged oversalid bed in'pos'ition tofractfon j` k,the sheets :fedf'alongwthe ,sameby the main cylinder and fprovided with a plurality of .l individual 'printing ormsat intervals there V-on -andwadaptedfto print-additional matter Y Y onrthe' letter 'sheets in the blank space theref on, rand suitable connectionsbetween the .ltwo

cylinders, whereby the auXi-liary cylinder chain carrying a series of addresses ofthe like, which chain would bev operated in the Vsame lmanner' asthewdruin Gr. "This andnumerous other equivalent'sfl'- regard as comprised within the scope of 'my invention.

entioattheUnited States is as follows:

printing cylinder in' proXimity'thereto and provided with apluralityof printing forlns, arranged-:at intervals"thereonfsaid: auxiliary oylinder adapted tofprint on .the letter sheets .as'th'ey passfrom the main cylinder, gear [on the main lcylinde'r, a mutilated-'gear driven -o thereby-,and a -pinion on ltheauxiliary cylinder infineshnwithfthe mutilated fgearr; wherea by the successive rotations -of-v the main cylinder will act to a'dvancefthe auxiliary. cylinwill be given a Jfraction of rotation .for each complete rotation of the main cylinder so as to present the yindividualforms in proper 7printing'relation to the blank space on the `successiveletter'sheets from thev main cyl-V inder.

of the impression mechanisms? s;

^ f T4: Inamultigraphioapparatusfor'Aprinty ingletters on VAindividualsheets, the combination ofv ailati-supporting bed .to support the ,o

letter isheetsa';y main printing form adapted Irclaim "and desirel to secure by Letters Pat-r` f In a niultigraphic apparatus, the com -V jbinationof a mainprinting cylinder to print* ,thezfbodies of the letter sheets, an auxiliary tation of drum E, through theconnectionsj describedai partial Vor fractional rrotation to print the mainbody portion ofithefletters' f? Y inL successionjwith va' blank space `to be lled `in and to ffeedsaidlsheets along the-iberi.;fa shiftable auxiliaryfcoperating' printingk de'- vice arranged overth'e bed iniposition to act :on the sheets fed by.' the main cylinder and i? provided 'with individual printingk terms disposed kwitlr'relation` to" the" main form' to print :ntheblank space; :on the letterfsheets,

said auxiliary printing device being in position to act on the letter sheets in succession after they leave the main printing form, and operative connections between the main printing form and auxiliary printing de- Vice operating to shiftthe auxiliary rdevice to position r`its different printing forms in v l printing relation to the blank space on the successive sheets as they leave the main printing form and operating also to kactuate 10 the auxiliary device to *effecty its printing action. In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY HESS. Witnesses:

JAMES P.KJ. MORRIS, PHILIP LUFT.

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